Europe's Utilities Can Relax
As EDF's Power Surge Wanes

PARIS -- Power companies in Europe can start to breathe easier; state-owned Electricite de France, a fearsome predator in recent years, has had its fill for the moment.

Francois Roussely, EDF's chairman, said in an interview that the company's European expansion is largely over for now, but for one or two acquisitions that he may yet make in central Europe. Mr. Roussely also doesn't plan to take majority stakes in a clutch of European...